Boris Johnson today admitted he was not promising a points-based immigration system would happen after Brexit but instead outlining an option that could be followed.

The Vote Leave champion, joined by Tory ministers Michael Gove and Priti Patel, today spelled out a detailed blueprint for the Australian-style borders system - and said it could be in place by 2020.

But pressed on the campaign trail in Accrington today, Mr Johnson conceded he was not detailing an alternative vision for government if Britain backs Brexit on June 23.

With polling day just three weeks away the detailed plan was seen as an attempt to flesh out a vision for what a post-Brexit Britain would look like.

But the scheme was derided as 'fantasy politics' by George Osborne - a leading Remain advocate - who seized on a report by international think tank OECD which warned against quitting the EU.

Boris Johnson, pictured on a campaign visit to the Simon Jersey factory in Accrington, today admitted he was not promising an alternative government despite suggesting his immigration plan could be in place by 2020

Mr Johnson's proposals, which would have seen English imposed as a key skill for work visas, was rejected out of hand by Dutch premier Mark Rutte who warned the EU would be forced to retaliate against British workers.

Speaking on a visit to the clothing factory of the uniform supplier Simon Jersey in Accrington on the first day of a Vote Leave battle bus tour in Lancashire Mr Johnson rejected the idea he is making a pitch for a potential post-Brexit government.

He said: 'All we are saying is what any government could do and we are saying after we vote leave on June 23 it will be up to the Government to take back control.

'Not just of immigration policy but obviously of huge sums of money, of our ability to set our economic and political priorities and to stop the situation where 60 per cent of the law going through the Palace of Westminster comes from the EU.'

When pushed on whether he and his Brexiteer colleagues are setting out an an alternative vision for government he said: 'The answer to that is no.'

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Mr Johnson, who was joined on the visit to the clothing factory by Government minister Priti Patel, said the immigration policy advocated by the Leave campaign would simply help politicians keep their promises.

'What we are saying is that politicians when they make their promises about reducing immigration would be able to keep those promises because at the moment they can't because of membership of the EU,' he said.

'That's the crucial thing.

'If a government says that it's going to get numbers down to the tens of thousands which repeated promises have been made to that effect they would be able to deliver it.'

The Vote Leave battle bus toured the north west today as its leading campaigners took their campaign to Preston and Accrington in Lancashire

It would end the automatic right of EU citizens to live and work in the UK, with immigration instead based on skills and qualifications without discrimination on grounds of nationality.

The Brexiteers also claimed some 77,000 jobseekers came to the UK from the EU last year under free movement rules, despite it being Government policy that people coming from Europe should have a job offer in place first.

They repeated their attack on the Prime Minister for promising to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, again saying it was 'corrosive of public trust'.

Slamming the proposal on a campaign stop in Essex, the Chancellor said: 'The Prime Minister has secured a deal that ends the something for nothing culture.

Chancellor George Osborne, pictured today campaigning for a Remain vote in Harlow, slammed the Vote Leave plan as 'fantasy politics'

'But what a contrast today between the Leave campaign with their fantasy politics, unworkable proposals that will increase immigration, take us out of the single market and cost us jobs, and the reality check in the real world of the highly respected OECD which points out the grim economic future for the UK outside the EU.

'It says the threat of leaving the EU is already slowing the British economy and that the hit to people's living standards will be strongly negative if we do vote to Leave.'

Home Secretary Theresa May added: 'If you look at the figures, Australia has nearly double the level of immigration per head that we have here in the UK.

'Now the current level of immigration is too high, but there is no silver bullet; controlling immigration is hard.

'What it requires is a concerted effort across a range of fronts and we have shown that where we take action, we can bring the numbers down but there is more to do.

'But the question facing the country, the decision facing the country in the referendum is actually about the future prosperity of the UK, and it is clear that leaving the EU poses a risk to the British economy.'

Mr Rutte said: 'First of all, take the Netherlands and the UK, we are both sea-faring nations.

'Our ability to create jobs, our future growth, is built on the free market. It's built on open borders.

'And, secondly, it would be unavoidable, inevitable, for us and for many others in Europe to follow the same proposals, to implement a points-system also in the rest of the European Union.

'So you would get a race to the bottom. And that is exactly what you don't want.'

Joey Essex brands Boris 'a bit nutty' and complains politicians are using too many 'long words that no-one understands' as he joins the Brexit battle for new TV show

Joey Essex has branded Boris Johnson 'a bit nutty' as he tried to meet him on the EU referendum campaign trail today.

The Only Way Is Essex reality TV star said he wanted to understand comments the former Mayor of London had made about Brussels rules on bananas.

The 25-year-old, who is making a documentary about the referendum, has already met Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, his predecessor Ed Miliband, Ukip leader Nigel Farage and former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg on the campaign trail.

But he said he had been left confused by them and was still undecided.

Reality star Joey Essex, left, branded Boris Johnson, right, a 'bit nutty' before meeting him on the Vote Leave battlebus during a tour of the north west, pictured

He said: 'In my head I'm 50:50 about the whole situation because I don't know.

'They're politicians, they don't explain it properly. Nigel Farage went on about immigration but it was a politician's answer.

'I asked Ed Miliband a question the other day, but if anyone watches it they will not have a clue what he is talking about because he didn't even answer my question.

'So even if I did go, 'what's the NHS about?' he'd go, 'blah blah blah blah'. They talk so fast and say such long words that no one understands.'

‎Essex met with Mr Johnson as he travelled on the Vote Leave battle bus from Preston railway station to a uniform factory in Accrington.

A Vote Leave spokesman refused to comment on how the meeting went.

Speaking before the interview, Essex said: 'I've seen Boris interviews and to me he comes across is he speaks his words quite clearly even if he's joking about.'

'I'm just trying to get in touch with Boris because it is important for me because we are filming an ITV2 show all to do with the EU referendum.'

Donald Trump backs Brexit and risks a new fight with David Cameron as he reveals plans to turn his controversial White House run into a Hollywood movie

Donald Trump endorsed Brexit today, risking a new rift with David Cameron as he prepares to be officially crowned as the Republican White House nominee.

The billionaire-turned-politician made his strongest intervention yet on Britain's EU referendum as he said voters should support the Leave campaign.

Mr Trump has already been engaged in a war of words with the Prime Minister over his policy on Muslims after Mr Cameron branded him 'stupid' in the House of Commons.

The PM has attempted to build bridges with the presumptive nominee ahead of his official confirmation as the Republican candidate at the party convention next month.

Donald Trump today urged Britons to back Brexit on June 23, going further than his previous interventions when he had hinted he would back a change

Mr Cameron has insisted he will not comment further on the US election despite his earlier intervention while Mr Trump was a rank outsider in the race.

Mr Trump previously said he would be tempted by Brexit if he was a British voter but today went further in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Asked whether he would back Brexit, Mr Trump appeared confused by the term before adding: 'Oh yeah, I think they should leave.'

The tycoon also announced he would be visiting Britain later this month - the day after the referendum to open his new golf course in Scotland.

Brexit would cost each worker £3,200 a year by 2030 and send economic shockwaves across the world, warns OECD as international institutions ramp up scaremongering over EU vote

Brexit would cost each worker in the UK £3,200 a year by 2030 and send economic shockwaves across the world, an alarming report by a leading international institution warned today.

In a further example of international institutions ramping up their warnings of Britain leaving the EU, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicts that the British economy outside the EU would be 5 per cent smaller in 2030 than if it stays in the union.

Under a more pessimistic scenario, the cost of leaving would be even higher - rising to the equivalent of £5,000 per household, according to the organisation.

Even by 2020 the economic impact of leaving the EU will cost each British worker the equivalent of a month's salary, the OECD forecasts.

It warned that Brexit could give the UK economy a 'major negative shock', forecasting national income would be more than 3 per cent lower than it would have been if Britain remained in the EU by the end of the decade - the equivalent of £2,200 per household.

Britain leaving the EU would send economic shockwaves across the global economy, an alarming report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned today

The OECD slashed its growth forecast for the UK economy for this year, predicting it will grow by 1.7 per cent - down from 2.2 per cent forecast in February.

The British economy would suffer 'a large negative shock' if voters back Brexit in June's referendum, the OECD said in a grim verdict on Britain's economic future outside the EU published in its latest global economic outlook.

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Boris Johnson's NOT promising points-based immigration system will happen